HHV-6B is frequently found in the gastrointestinal tract in kidney transplantation patients

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 776-782

  Lempinen, Marko ^a   Halme, Leena ^a   Arola, Johanna ^a   Honkanen, Eero ^a   Salmela, Kaija ^a   Lautenschlager, Irmeli ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal tract; HHV 6B; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84861987228     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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